Instrument number CASA EX63/14
I, GERARD JOHN CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
[Signed G.J. Campbell]
Gerard J. Campbell
Executive Manager
Operations Division
25 July 2014
Exemption — from requirement to register an emergency locator transmitter with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority
1 Duration
This instrument:
(a) commences on 1 August 2014; and
(b) expires at the end of July 2017, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.
2 Definitions
In this instrument:
approved ELT, approved portable ELT and high-capacity have the same meanings as in subregulation 252A (7) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).
3 Application
This instrument applies to the operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity regular public transport aircraft or a high-capacity charter aircraft (high-capacity aircraft).
4 Exemption
The operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity aircraft are exempt from compliance with regulation 252 of CAR 1988 in relation to paragraph 6.6 of Civil Aviation Order 20.11 (CAO 20.11).
5 Conditions
The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Conditions
1 The high-capacity aircraft must be on a flight associated with its manufacture, preparation for delivery or delivery to its operator.
2 No fare-paying passengers must be carried on the flight.
3 The operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity aircraft must ensure that it carries an approved ELT and an approved portable ELT, or at least 2 approved portable ELTs, in accordance with subsection 6 of CAO 20.11.
4 An ELT, or portable ELT, carried under clause 3 must be in working order.